Drs. Narjara Moreira and Carlos Flores-Mir from the University of Alberta, spoke with Dr. Chiraz Guessaier about their recently published article in the Journal of the American Dental Association, titled: Informed consent comprehension and recollection in adult dental patients. A systematic review (August 2016) Highlights Patients’ ability to recollect and comprehend treatment information plays a fundamental role […]
Drs. Debbie Saunders and Joel Epstein dispel the myth about providing periodontal care for patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation. Dr. Debbie Saunders is a Dentist and Medical Director of the Dental Oncology Program, Health Science North, in the North East Cancer Center. She is also Assistant Professor in the Norther Ontario School of Medicine. Dr. Joel Epstein […]
Dr. Harry-Sam Selikowitz, Chair of the Science Committee at FDI, spoke with Dr. Chiraz Guessaier about the recent FDI Annual Congress as well as his role in adopting the new oral hygiene definition and policy statements. Highlights Overall, the meeting was successful in formulating and adopting eight new policy statements due to the efforts of various […]
Dr. Reza Nouri, Certified Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry in the greater Vancouver area, gives the audience information on restoring primary molars. Highlights Understanding the anatomical differences between permanent and primary molars makes a difference in understanding how to restore the teeth including the type of preparation required as well as the behaviour of the restorative […]
Dr. Chiraz Guessaier spoke with Dr. Rick Carvalho, Professor in the Biomaterials Division at UBC about his keynote presentation at IADR, “Fundamentals of Nanofiber-reinforced Composites”. Highlights Resin composites are essential in dentistry as a restorative material. Nanofibers can be used as reinforcing agents to make resin composite stringer and tougher. Nanofiber research is important in […]
Dr. Barzilay discusses guided surgery with respect to implant surgery. Highlights Implant surgery has always been guided. We used to guide surgeons as to where we wanted implants placed and they would try their best to place them in those exact positions or as close to them as possible. Nowadays, “guided surgery” has become more […]
This post is authored by Dr. Mona Shoman, Calgary, AB I’ve never understood why patients get SO offended when you tell them you see signs of grinding. We are not accusing you of being a serial killer or cheating on your wife. Why are you getting defensive? All dentists know the classic signs of bruxism such […]
Dr. Mehdi Noroozi comes back to speak to us about peri-implant diseases through the presentation of few cases. Highlights In this presentation, Dr. Noroozi talks about peri-implant disease which is often a result of improper diagnosis and treatment planning. It is important to educate our patients about the risk of peri-implant diseases. Currently, there are a […]